Beta Progress

The beta is due by 02/19/09.

The beta is playable with 8 players. Four on each team.

Each team will have a base that contains the following: one Power Core, a room for healing/changing your class/spawning, the Shaped Charge deployable, and three buildings that act as factories for the bots.

The bots will consist of 8 enforcer equipped lemmings that run down each lane. That's 24 bots on each team for a total of 48 bots running around in the level at one time. The bot factories are tied to static meshes that if enough damage is dealt to the meshes will be destroyed and the bots will no longer spawn.

The Towers can only be damaged by explosives: Flak Shell, Rocket Launcher, Avril, Shock Rifle's Combo, and the Shaped Charge.

Currently while carrying the Shaped Charge you cannot use other weapons, cannot drop it, and cannot use your hoverboard. The limitations on this item are intentional, because the shaped charge is devastating if used correctly.

There are now walls around the base, but their game play has yet to be implemented. They will have force fields that check the player's team and if the respective player is trying to enter the enemy base the force field will kill him. This is supposed to make the bases a semi safe haven. The forcefields can be temporarily taken down by dealing enough damage to them or by having a level 3 scout jump over the walls and flip a trigger.

The three lanes have been fleshed out. The middle lane is going to be the fastest way between the bases, but the most deadly due to the towers. The top lane will be more open and is where the waterfall begins, also it is has a dense population of glow worms. The bottom lane is where the waterfall ends, will be a close quarters combat area, and it will be lined with holes that the players can fall into.